Abstract
Following on from the lecture "Architecture as a vector of politics: the government of space", these contributions explore a series of episodes in which the interplay between political leaders and architects came into play. The contributions, which, depending on the case, focus on the careers of architects and politicians, are cross-referenced with those proposing an interpretation of a specific conjuncture in the relationship between the two spheres.
The figures that emerge from these analyses are those of hope, illusion or frustration, as well as those of intransigence, accommodation and the internalization of constraint. Through their necessarily incomplete mosaic, they sketch out significant sections of a chronicle whose overall economy has yet to be fully explored.
